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UZBEKISTAN ARTS AND CULTURE LINKS

Arts

Architecture

Photographs of Uzbek Cities and Architecture from the University of Washington
Some Photos of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan
Images of Uzbekistan
Timurid Architecture of Samarkand

Visual Arts

Collection of Oil Paintings by Contemporary Uzbekistan Artists
Sogdiana Central Asia Art Gallery
Academy of Arts of Uzbekistan

Theater and Dance
Theaters and Concert Halls of Tashkent
Carolyn Krueger and Gulistan Dance Theater
Theater of dancing by Lili Sevastianovoi
Silk Road Dance Company

Music
Yalla - Uzbekistan popular music group from Tashkent
Compact Discs for Sale: Central Asian Ethno-Pop from Yalla
UzDessert.uz - music downloads
Silk Road Project

Literature
Literature.uz
Literature from UzDessert.uz

Culture
Uzbek Corner Interactive Pages
Collection of the carpets of Karakalpak
Collection of the Uzbek National Hats
On the Silk Road with HotWired
Central Asian Holidays
The Karabair horse
Seattle-Tashkent Sister City Association
The Uzbekistan Freenet Web Portal

Language
UCLA Language Materials Project: Uzbek Profile
Introduction to the Uzbek Language

UNESCO World Heratige List - Sites in Uzbekistan
Itchan Kala
Historic Centre of Bukhara
Historic Centre of Shakhrisyabz

Alpamysh: Central Asian Identity under Russian Rule, by H.B. Paksoy
On the Turkic oral tradition of Central Asia
Introduction and Chapter 1: Alpamysh and the Turkic Dastan genre
Chapter 2: Attempts to destroy and save Alpamysh, Phase I
Chapter 3: The Alpmaysh Dastan (translation of Divay's 1901 Alpamysh and Commentary)
Chapter 4: Attempts to destroy and save Alpamysh, Phase II
Selected Bibliography and Index

Press Release 11/28/00: President Clinton Hosts Aga Khan on Foreign Policy Panel

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